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Baked shale and slag formed by the burning of coal beds
G. Sherburne Rogers
1918, Professional Paper 108-A
The baking and reddening of large masses of strata caused by the burning of coal beds is a striking feature of the landscape in most of the great western coal-bearing areas. The general character and broader effects of the burning have been described by many writers, but the fact that...
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey
George Otis Smith
1918, Annual Report 39
The appropriations for the work of the United States Geological Survey for the fiscal year 1917-18 comprised items amounting to $1,750,520. The plan of operations as approved by the Secretary of the Interior contemplated surveys and investigations in the United States and Alaska designed mainly to obtain information or to...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory bulletins - 1918
1918, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) Bulletin series was an informal publication issued between the years 1913 to 1929. Individual issues contain information on volcanic and earthquake activity, volcano research, and volcano monitoring in Hawaii, and issues often included photographs, sketches, and data plots. Information on volcanic activity at other locations...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory record book 1918
1918, Report
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) record books are annual journals in which field observations of eruptive activity at Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi, were compiled by HVO staff for most years from 1912 through early 1966. In addition to descriptive observations, the record books also...
The divining rod: A history of water witching, with a bibliography
Arthur Jackson Ellis
1917, Water Supply Paper 416
The use of a forked twig, or so-called divining rod, in locating minerals, finding hidden treasure, or detecting criminals is a curious superstition that has been a subject of discussion since the middle of the sixteenth century and still has a strong hold on the popular mind, even in this...
Revision of the Beckwith and Bear River formations of southeastern Idaho
G. R. Mansfield, P. V. Roundy
1917, Professional Paper 98-G
In the detailed geologic mapping of the Wayan and Montpelier quadrangles, in south-eastern Idaho and adjacent territory, it has been found necessary to apply new names to strata hitherto referred to the Beckwith and Bear River formations or to portions of the Laramie as mapped by the Hayden Survey. The...
A fossil flora from the Frontier formation of southwestern Wyoming
F. H. Knowlton
1917, Professional Paper 108-F
This paper deals with a small but important fossil flora, now known to be of Colorado age, from the vicinity of Cumberland, Lincoln County, Wyo. It was for many years thought to be of Jurassic age, and only within the last decade has its stratigraphic position been established. Although small...
Evaporation of brine from Searles Lake, California
W.B. Hicks
1917, Professional Paper 98-A
The bed of crystalline salts known as Searles Lake, in southeastern California, contains the most valuable potash-bearing brine known in the United States. This salt body has an exposed surface area estimated at 11 or 12 square miles and an average depth of about 70 feet. For the most part...